#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------# # From: mmc@ehabitat.demon.co.uk (Martin McCarthy) Subject: Re: CRD: Nothing Ever Happens - Del Amitri Nothing Ever Happens - Del Amitri -------------------- F Dm Post office clerks put up signs saying position closed F Dm And secretaries turn off typewriters and put on their coats Bb F Janitors padlock the gates Gm Bb C Bb For security guards to patrol Bb F And bachelors phone up their friends for a drink Gm Bb C Bb While the married ones turn on a chat show F Gm F F Bb F And they'll all be lonely tonight and lonely tomorrow [snip] F Bb F Bb Nothing ever happens, nothing happens at all Dm Bb The needle returns to the start of the song C Bb And we all sing along like before F Gm F F Bb F And we'll all be lonely tonight and lonely tomorrow Then before verse 4 there's a wee instrumentally bit over the chords: Gm Dm Gm Dm G F G F Also, there's a second guitar with capo on the 5th fret playing: Verse: C Am C Am F C G F C G F (C F C) Chorus: C F C F Am F G F C F C Instr: Dm Am Dm Am D C D C Hope this is of some use, and not too wrong. Martin McCarthy - mmc@ehabitat.demon.co.uk From: Dan Rolander